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Description
Born in: La Rioja
Age: 48
Offspring: 4Marital status: Married
Job: Owner of a wine and spirits warehouse
Date of the attack: 05/06/1982
Place of the attack: Santurtzi
Guilties: Ricardo Prieto Vicente, José Antonio Hernández Hernando
Weapon: Gun
Killed by: ETA
Description
Rafael Vega Gil had just opened his off-license and was with one of his two sons when two hooded men got out of a car, walked up to him and shot him several times without saying a word. He was hit six times, four to the head. The terrorists fled in a vehicle where two other accomplices were waiting for them.
Luis María, the victim’s 17-year-old son, was the first to find his father lying in a pool of blood. The injured man was taken by ambulance to Cruces hospital, where he died an hour later while undergoing surgery.
His widow never overcame the loss of her husband and suffered depression. Some months later, on 8 September, she committed suicide by throwing herself from a sixth floor window.
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